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Letters Patent No. 81,154, dated August 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR COVERING MOULDS FOR TASSELS.

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TO :ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it knowh that I, CHARLES FEICKER'I, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and improved Machine for CoveringMoulds for Tassels; and I do hereby declare this to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of this specification, inwhich drawing Figure 1represents a side elevation of this invention. I

Figure 2 is a plan or top view thereof.

Figure 8 is a vertical section of the flier.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of a movable bracket,provided with slots and set-screws, in combination with the flier whichcarries the spools and guides for the threads, and with the guides forthe wires, in such a'manner that said spools and guides can be readilyadjusted to correspond to the taper of the mould to be covered. Itconsists also in the arrangement of guide-hooks, through which'the wirespass, while the threads slide over the outer surfaces of the barbs ofthe hooks, in such a manner that the threads are deposited on the wiresbefore the same reach the mould, and therebya uniform and symmetricalcovering of the mouldis effected. It consists, further, in thearrangement of a fiier,carrying a series of spools and a hollow centralcolumn with arms, on which the guidesfor the wires are adjusted, in sucha manner that said guides can be readily set to conform to the lengthofvarious moulds, while they always retain their proper position towardthe spools.

A represents a frame,-me.de of cast ir'onyor any other suitablematerial, and firmly securedto a bed-plate, B. The upper part of thisframe forms a bearing for the spindle C, on one end of which is securedthe mould D, which is to be covered with silk or other thread. Thisthread is taken from a series of spools, E, which are firmly secured topins a; rising in inclined positions from the flier F. This flier hasits bearing in a bracket,

' G, which is secured to an arm of the frame A, and which is providedwith slots -b to receive the set-screws c.

I By means of these slots and set-screws, the bracket can be adjusted,so that tho flier is brought in an upright or in an i nclined position,according .to the shape of the mould to he covered. If this mould istapering, as shown in the drawing, the flier must be brought in aninclined position, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.- 7

Through the centre of the flier extends a hollow column, H, providedwith holes at in its sides, through which the wires 8 are drawn, asshown in fig. 3 of the drawing. These wires are taken from spools .I,which are hung in brackets secured to the bed-plate B, and the tensionof said wires is regulated by friction-brakesf, which are held incontact with the peripheries of the spools by the action of springs, orin any other desirable manner.

From the top of the column H- extend two arms g, which may be round orsquare, and which form the guides for the standard h, from which risethe guides 1'. The standards h are adjustable on the arms 9, so that thedistance between the guides i can be made to correspond to the length ofthe mould'to be covered.

The guides 2' are made in the form of hooks, with curved barbs, and thewires e pass through the bites ofthc hooks, and are'securcd to thespindle C on opposite,sides of the mould.

. The threads taken from the spools E are drawn through the eyes of thethread-guides j, which rise from the head of the flier F, and which areadjustable by means of set-screws k. i i i The motion of the flier isproduced by a belt, I, which extends from a hand-wheel, I, mountedloosely on the end of. the spindle C.

From the hub of this hand-wheel cxtend s'another bolt, m, round apulley, 72, mounted on a shaft, 0, which has its bearing in the lowerpart of the frame A, and on this shaft is also mounted a pulley, p, fromwhich extends a belt, q, over a pulley, r, mounted on the spindle C.

The various pulleys are speeded up. in such a manner that when thehand-wheel I is turned, a quick revolving motion isimparted to theflier, and a very slow motion to the spindle.

By this last-named motion, the wires e are drawn up slowly, while, bythe revolving motion of the flier,

the threads from the spools E are rapidly deposited on the wires closebelow the mould; said threads being made to slide over the barbs of theguides 2', as shown in figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, and, as the wiresare taken up by the revolving motion of the spindle, the threadsdeposited thereon are gradually transferred to the mould.

The mould is retained on the spindle by an adjustable cone, t, whiehfits into holes of different sizes in different moulds, and which isretained in the desired position by a set-screw, M, which also serves tofasten the end of one of the wires e. A sharp-edged key, secured in thespindle C, and projecting on both sides thereof, prevents the mould fromturning on the spindle.

By depositing the threads on the Wires before the same reach the mould,a uniform covering of the mould is obtained, which is not the case ifthe threads are deposited directly on the mould, because-the diameter ofthe mould is different in different places, and the threads are liableto slip-on thecurved surface of the mould, if not previously supportedby the wires.

In order to deposit the threads on the wires, at a proper and uniformdistance from the circumference of the mould, the .flier F and column Hare adjusted, by means of the bracket G, so as to bring the guides 2'and the spools E in an oblique position to correspond to the taper ofthe mould.

On the bearing of the spindle is an index, S, which shows when saidspindle has completed a full revolution,-so that the machine can bestopped as soon as the mould is covered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The movable bracket, G, in combination with the flier F, carrying thespools E and guides 2', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The hooks z, forming guides for the wires c, on their passage to thespindle G, and also for the threads, as the same are deposited on thewires, substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

3. Depositing the threads on the wires e, before the same reach themould, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHAS. FEICKERT.

Witnesses I W. Hnurr, E. F. KASTENIIUBER.

